I am trying to replicate a British flammability standard for
industrial purposes, and it calls for Scots Pine (Pinus silvestris)
which appears to be largely unavailable in the USA. I need a very
small quantity, so it is not practical to import. Does anyone out
there have any knowledge of what wood might be equivalent to Scots
Pine in terms of density/hardness and rosin content? The British
standard does not specify anything about the wood except the type and
the dimensions, so I assume there are standard grades available in the
UK, and so hopefully there is a N. American standard grade of wood
that is equivalent.
Thanks for your help!
ElizCat
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:34:13 -0600, Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> scribbled:
>Scots Pine (Scotch Pine) is commonly grown as a Christmas tree up here
>in Canada. Maybe in the US as well? Contact a tree farm or two.
Maybe the closest is Red Pine (Pinus resinosa). It's hard to tell them
apart from P. sylvestris, and taxonomically, they are in the same
group. I suspect the wood is very similar too. Checkout the FPL site
others have mentioned for the properties to see if they have any more
detail.
Luigi
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> I am trying to replicate a British flammability standard for
> industrial purposes, and it calls for Scots Pine (Pinus silvestris)
> which appears to be largely unavailable in the USA. I need a very
It's here. Called "Scotch Pine".
See:
http://www.wellesley.edu/Activities/homepage/web/Species/ppinescotch.html
ElizCat wrote:
> I am trying to replicate a British flammability standard for
> industrial purposes, and it calls for Scots Pine (Pinus silvestris)
> which appears to be largely unavailable in the USA. I need a very
> small quantity, so it is not practical to import. Does anyone out
> there have any knowledge of what wood might be equivalent to Scots
> Pine in terms of density/hardness and rosin content? The British
> standard does not specify anything about the wood except the type and
> the dimensions, so I assume there are standard grades available in the
> UK, and so hopefully there is a N. American standard grade of wood
> that is equivalent.
ElizCat...
Visit
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/FPLGTR/fplgtr113/fplgtr113.htm
and download (at least) Chapter 1. I don't know if /Pinus
Silvestris/ is included; but your chances are good. If you do
much woodworking, this publication is a "must have".
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto, Iowa USA